Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-04-04

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 4
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 436▼ 64 vs year ago 288 · −22.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 83▼ 35 vs year ago 155 · −22.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.45/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$244.45
38 head · 357 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$67.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.04
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1350262.1791723
Medium and Large 2371225.4183511thin
Medium and Large 3365194.867114thin
One grade step is worth $67.31/cwt here — about $205 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale38 hd
244.45
—
FL average6 barns · 255 hd
233.40
+11.04
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,540109.851,6924thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16696.551,12620
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17286.281,01112

Every lot

20 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1256292.42/cwt280.00–310.007495
Steers—Medium and Large 1320284.53/cwt270.00–300.009106
Steers—Medium and Large 2323239.81/cwt235.00–245.007754
Steers—Medium and Large 1363250.52/cwt235.00–265.009096
Steers—Medium and Large 3365194.86/cwt190.00–200.007114
Steers—Medium and Large 2375221.84/cwt215.00–225.008323
Steers—Medium and Large 1413229.26/cwt225.00–237.009473
Steers—Medium and Large 2415213.70/cwt205.00–222.008874
Steers—Medium and Large 1475223.26/cwt220.00–230.001,0603
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265244.43/cwt230.00–260.006484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323234.46/cwt225.00–245.007574
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323193.20/cwt190.00–200.006243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360217.50/cwt207.00–225.007835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367190.80/cwt185.00–200.007005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430194.54/cwt192.00–200.008373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455193.36/cwt192.00–196.008803
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,540109.85/cwt107.00–112.001,6924
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12294.92/cwt91.00–99.001,06515
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17286.28/cwt81.00–91.001,01112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297101.44/cwt100.00–103.001,3165

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.